This section provides biographical references to scholars who in the past have made significant
contributions to our knowledge on Mesopotamian astronomy and astrology:
- Sayce, Archibald Henry, “George Smith”, Nature, 14 (1876), 421-422 – reprinted in
Littell’s Living Age, 131 [= 5th Series, 16] (1876),
124-125 [MOA link].
- [Anon.], “[Death of Father Epping]”, Nature, 50 (1894), 454 – brief note based on
The Athenaeum: Journal of Literature, Science and the Fine Arts.
- Baumgartner, Alexander, “[Obituary Joseph Epping]”, Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwante Gebiete,
9 (1894), appendix IX [7 un-numbered pages at the end], includes a portrait
(*).
- Brock, H.M., “Epping, Joseph”, The Catholic Encyclopedia (New
York: Robert Appleton Company,
1909), vol. 5,
pp. ???-???
[New Advent link].
- Muss-Arnolt, William, “The Works of Jules Oppert”, Beiträge zur Assyriologie, 3 (1894),
523-556 – includes a portrait.
- Singer, Isidore & Gray, Louis H., “Oppert, Jules”, in: C. Adler & I. Singer (eds.),
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish
People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1901/06),
vol. ?, pp. ???-???
[JE
link].
- Panaino, Antonio & Pellegrini, Guido (eds.), Giovanni Schiaparelli: Storico della astronomia e uomo di cultura. Atti
del seminario di studi organizzato dall’Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente e dall’Istituto di
Fisica Generale Applicata dell’Università degli Studi di Milano 12-13 Maggio 1997 Osservatorio Astronomico di
Brera (Rome/Milan: Mimesis/IsIAO, 1999) – with contributions by Raffaella Simili, Maria Casaburi, Salvo De Meis,
Hermann Hunger, Agnese Mandrino, Antonio Panaino, Guido Pellegrini, Guiseppe Bezza & Enrico G. Raffaelli.
- [Anon.], “Obituary Robert Holford Macdowall Bosanquet”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society, 73 (1913), 202-203 [ADS link].
- [Anon.], “[Death of] Father Johann Nepomuk Strassmaier”, Nature, 104 (1920), 540.
- ???, “[Obituary Strassmaier]”, The Observatory, 43 (1920), 98-99
[ADS link] &
126-???
[ADS link].
- ???, “[Obituary Strassmaier]”, The Tablet, ??
(1920), ??-??
(*).
- Deimel, Anton, “[Obituary Strassmaier]”, Orientalia, 1 (1920), 5-10
(*).
- Pollen, John H., “John Strassmaier, S.J., Assyriologist”, The Month: A Catholic Magazine and Review,
135 (1920), 137-145 [nr. 668] (*).
- [Anon.], “Todesanzeige F.X. Kugler S.J.”, Astronomische Nachrichten, 234 (1929), 423-424
[nr. ????]
[ADS link].
- Esch, Michael A., “Franz Xaver Kugler”, Vierteljahrsschrift der Astronomischen Gesellschaft, 64
(1929), 294-301 – includes a portrait.
- Schaumberger, Johann Baptist Clemens, “[Obituary Franz Xaver Kugler]”, Orientalia, new series,
2 (1933), 97-100 (*).
- Berger, Paul-Richard, in: F.-W. Bautz (ed.), Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (Herzberg: Verlag
Traugott Bautz, 1992), vol. IV, cols. 780-782
[BBKL link].
- Neugebauer, Paul Victor, “Anzeige des Todes von Carl Schoch”, Astronomische Nachrichten, 237
(1929), 221 [nr. 5676] [ADS
link].
- ???, “[Obituary Schoch]”, Nature, 125 (1929), 136.
- Fotheringham, John Knight, “Obituary: Carl Schoch”, The Observatory, 53 (1930), 83-85
[ADS link].
- van Wijk, Walter Emile, Leven en Werken van Karl Schoch (???,
???, 1930 [= Sterrenkundige
Overdrukjes bij Hemel en Dampkring, nr. ?]).
- ???, “[Obituary Schoch]”,
Das Weltall, 30 (1931), 113.
- Langdon, Stephen, “Archibald Henry Sayce †”, Archiv für Orientforschung, 8
(1932/33), 341-342 – includes a portrait.
- F.Li.G., “Archibald Henry Sayce [Obituary]”, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 19
(1933), 65-66.
- Gunn, B., in: Dictionary of National Biography (???:
???, 1931/40), vol. ??,
pp. 768-788 (*).
- Cross, F.L. & Livingstone, E.A. (eds.), The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1997), 3rd ed., p. 1459.
- Madey, Johannes, in: F.-W. Bautz (ed.), Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (Herzberg: Verlag Traugott
Bautz, 1999), vol. XVI, cols. 1399-1400
[BBKL link].
- Langdon, Stephen, “Obituary Notices: Dr. J.K. Fotheringham F.B.A.”, Nature, 139 (1937),
788-790 – brief announcement in ibid., 138 (1936), 1044.
- Fotheringham, D.R., “J.K. Fotheringham”, Astronomische Nachrichten, 261 (1937),
327-328 [nr. 6257] [ADS link].
- [Anon.], “Recent Deaths: J.K. Fotheringham”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the
Pacific, 49 (1937), 52 [ADS link].
- ???, “[Obituary Fotheringham]”, Die Himmelswelt,
47 (1937), 65-?? (*).
- W.M.H.G., “John Knight Fotheringham”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 97
(1937), 270-272 [ADS
link].
- Singer, Charles, “John Knight Fotheringham 1874-1936”, Archeion: Archivo di storia della scienza,
19 (1937), 172-178 – includes a complete list of Fotheringham’s publications.
- [La Direction], “A la mémorie de F. Thureau-Dangin”, Revue d’assyriologie et
d’archéologie orientale, 39 (1942/44), 1-3.
- ???, “Notice sur la vie et les travaux de
M. François Thureau-Dangin”, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Inscriptions,
??? (1944),
473-??? (*).
- Dussaud, René, “François Thureau-Dangin”, Syria: Revue d’art oriental et
d’archéologie, 24 (1944/45), 286-287.
- Weidner, Ernst Friedrich, “François Thureau-Dangin”, Archiv für Orientforschung, 15
(1945/51), 174-175 – includes a portrait.
- Weidner, Ernst Friedrich, “Johann Schaumberger:(23. September 1885 bis 27. August 1955)”,
Archiv für Orientforschung, 17 (1954/56), 490-491 – includes a portrait.
- Weiß, Otto, in: F.-W. Bautz (ed.), Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (Herzberg: Verlag Traugott Bautz, 1995), vol. IX, cols. 22-23 [BBKL link].
- “Publications de M. Charles Virollaud”, Syria: Revue d’art oriental et
d’archéologie, 33 (1956), 1-7.
- Dussaud, René, “L’œuvre scientifique syrienne de M. Charles Virolleaud”, Syria:
Revue d’art oriental et d’archéologie, 33 (1956), 8-12.
- Garelli, Paul, “L’œuvre assyriologique de M. Charles Virolleaud”, Syria: Revue
d’art oriental et d’archéologie, 33 (1956), 13-16.
- Dupont-Sommer, André, “Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Charles Virolleaud”, Comptes rendus de
l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, ???
(1969), ???-???
[session of 28 November 1969].
- Parrot, André, “Charles Virolleaud (1879-1968)”, Syria: Revue d’art oriental et
d’archéologie, 46 (1969), 390-391.
- Weidner, Ernst Friedrich, “Charles Virolleaud (2. Juli 1879 bis 17. December 1968)”, Archiv
für Orientforschung, 24 (1973), 245-246 – includes a portrait.
- von Soden, Wolfram, “Ernst Weidner: 7.10.1891–8.2.1976”, Zeitschrift für Assyriologie
und Vorderasiatische Archäologie, 66 (1976), 153-155.
- Hirsch, Hans, “Ernst Weidner (7. Oktober 1891 bis 8. Feber 1976)”, Archiv für
Orientforschung, 25 (1974/77), 351-353 – includes a portrait.
- Jaritz, Kurt, “Ernst Weidner: Gelehrter und Mensch”, in: H.D. Galter (ed.), Die Rolle
der Astronomie in den Kulturen Mesopotamiens: Beiträge zum 3. Grazer Morgenländischen Symposion
(23.-27. September 1991) (Graz: rm-Druck & Verlagsgesellschaft, 1993 [= Grazer Morgenländische
Studien, nr. 3]), pp. 11-20.
- Neugebauer, Otto E., “Abraham J. Sachs (1915-1983)”, Archiv für Orientforschung,
29/30 (1983/84), 333-334 – includes a portrait.
- Berggren, John L., “Abraham J. Sachs (1914-1983): In Memoriam”, Historia Mathematica,
11 (1984), 125 [ScienceDirect link] – includes a portrait.
- Toomer, Gerald, J., “A.J. Sachs (1914-1983)”, Journal for the History of Astronomy,
15 (1984), 146-149 [ADS link].
- Pingree, David Edwin, “Bibliography of the Published Works of Abraham Sachs”, in: E. Leichty,
M. de J. Ellis & P. Gerardi (eds.), A Scientific Humanist: Studies in Memory of Abraham Sachs (Philadelphia: Kramer
Fund, 1988 [= Occasional Publications of the Samuel Noah Kramer Fund, nr. 9]),
pp. 377-378.
- Dunnington, G. Waldo, “Otto Neugebauer: Biographical Sketch”, National Mathematics Magazine,
11 (1936), 14-16 [JSTOR link].
- Neugebauer, Otto E., “Otto Neugebauer: Bibliography”, Osiris, 14 (1962), 4-12
[JSTOR link].
- Sachs, Janet & Toomer, Gerald J., “Otto Neugebauer: Bibliography, 1925-1979”, Centaurus:
International Magazine of the History of Science and Medicine, 22 (1979), 258-280.
- Pingree, David Edwin, “Otto Neugebauer, 1899-1990. In Memoriam”, Archives Internationale d’Histoire
des Sciences, 40 (1990), 82-84 (*).
- Hunger, Hermann, “Otto Neugebauer (26.5.1899 – 19.2.1990)”, Archiv für Orientforschung,
36/37 (1989/90 [1991]), 199-200 – includes a portrait.
- Pingree, David Edwin, “Eloge: Otto Neugebauer, 26 May 1899 – 19 February 1990”,
Isis, 82 (1991), 87-88
[JSTOR link].
- Allard, André, “Otto Neugebauer (1899-1990)”, Bulletin de l’Académie Royale de Belgique: Classe des
Lettres et des Sciences Morales et Politiques (1992), 497-501 (*).
- Swerdlow, Noel M., “Otto E. Neugebauer (26 May 1899 – 19 February 1990)”, Proceedings
of the American Philosophical Society, 137 (1993), 139-165 [JSTOR
link].
- Swerdlow, Noel M., “Otto E. Neugebauer (26 May 1899 – 19 February 1990)”, Journal
for the History of Astronomy, 24 (1993), 289-299 [ADS
link].
- Davis, Philip J., “Otto Neugebauer: Reminiscences and Appreciation”, The American Mathematical
Monthly, 101 (1994), 129-131
[JSTOR link].
- Swerdlow, Noel M., “Otto E. Neugebauer, May 26, 1899 – February 19, 1990”,
National Academy of Sciences: Biographical Memoirs, 75 (1998), 214-238
[NAP link;
pdf version].
- Hogendijk, Jan Pieter, “Bibliography of Publications by B.L. van der Waerden since 1983 on Ancient and
Medieval Science”, Historia Mathematica, 21 (1994), 71-72
[ScienceDirect link].
- Hogendijk, Jan Pieter, “B.L. van der Waerden’s Detective Work in Ancient and Medieval Mathematical
Astronomy”, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, 4th series, 12 (1994), 145-158.
- Top, Jaap & Walling, Lyne, “Bibliography of B.L. van der Waerden”, Nieuw Archief voor
Wiskunde, 4th series, 12 (1994), 179-193.
- Dold-Samplonius, Yvonne, “Bartel Leendert van der Waerden befragt von Yvonne Dold-Samplonius”,
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Medizin, N.F., 2 (1994),
129-147 – English translation: “Interview with Bartel Leendert van der Waerden”, Notices
of the American Mathematical Society, 44 (1997), 313-320
[AMS link].
- Scriba, Christoph J., “Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (2. Februar 1903 – 12. Januar 1996)”,
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte: Organ der Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 19 (1996),
245-251 (*).
- Dold-Samplonius, Yvonne, “In Memoriam: Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903-1996)”, Historia
Mathematica, 24 (1997), 125-130 [ScienceDirect
link].
- Frei, Günther, “Zum Gedenken an Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (2.2.1903 – 12.1.1996)”, Elemente
der Mathematik, 53 (1998), 133-138
[SpringerLink].
- Thiele, Rüdiger, “Van der Waerdens Leipziger Jahre 1931-1945”, Mitteilungen der Deutschen
Mathematiker-Vereinigung, 12 (2004), nr. 1, 8-20.
- Soifer, Alexander, “In Search of van der Waerden, Leipzig and Amsterdam, 1931-1951. Part I:
Leipzig”, Geombinatorics, 14 (2004), nr. 1, 21-40.
- “Current Bibliography of David Pingree (as of July 2003)”, in: Ch. Burnett, J.P. Hogendijk,
K. Plofker & M. Yano (eds.), Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of David Pingree
(Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2004 [= Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science: Texts and Studies, nr. LIV]),
pp. 863-881.
- “Life and Work of Asger Aaboe”, in: J.L. Berggren &
B.R. Goldstein (eds.), From Ancient Omens to Statistical Mechanics: Essays on
the Exact Sciences presented to Asger Aaboe
(Copenhagen: University Library, 1987 [= Acta Historica Scientiarum Naturalium et Medicinalium,
nr. 39]), pp. ???-???.
- Britton, John P., “In memoriam Asger Hartvig Aaboe (26 April 1922 – 19 January 2007)”, Aestimatio, 3
(2007), 118-121 [IRCPS link].
